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Police chase ends in front-yard crash

Colorado Springs police arrested a man after a car chase resulted in a crash in the front yard of a house at Boggs Place and Fountain Boulevard early Saturday.

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John Baker was arrested after police found him hiding in truck topper in the backyard of a house near the crash.

The chase started after a police officer ran the plates of the car in a 7-Eleven parking lot at Fountain and Union boulevards at about 2:30 a.m. and found that it was stolen. When the officer stopped the car after it left the store, the driver sped off.